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Meaning of the nameTaylor

Taylor is a name of English origin, from the surname that designated the trade of tailor, in English tailor.

Meaning

“English occupational surname, "tailor"”

Source: Wiktionary: Taylor · Behind the Name: Taylor

People (2022)
7,464
Rank in Brazil
#2,080
Median age
9 years
2010 Census
2,526
people

Taylor in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Taylor, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (3,309 people).

132 women 7,332 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Taylor is most common

States with the highest share of people named Taylor in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Rio Grande do Sul 0.016%
  2. Santa Catarina 0.006%
  3. Minas Gerais 0.005%
  4. Amazonas 0.004%
  5. Paraná 0.004%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Rio Grande do Sul1,7370.016%
São Paulo1,3670.003%
Minas Gerais1,1000.005%
Rio de Janeiro4730.003%
Paraná4640.004%
Santa Catarina4610.006%
Pará2570.003%
Bahia2210.002%
Amazonas1690.004%
Maranhão1520.002%
Goiás1490.002%
Mato Grosso1070.003%
Pernambuco1040.001%
Espírito Santo1020.003%
Ceará890.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul890.003%
Distrito Federal680.002%
Piauí570.002%
Alagoas460.002%
Rondônia450.003%
Sergipe370.002%
Roraima370.006%
Rio Grande do Norte340.001%
Tocantins340.002%
Amapá330.005%
Paraíba190.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Taylor

Wiktionary records Taylor as an English occupational surname, from the English word tailor, which passed through Old French (taillier, tailleor) and goes back to the Latin tālea, and as a unisex name transferred from the surname. Behind the Name gives the same origin. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 7,464 people named Taylor, with a median age of 9; proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul. In Brazil the name is almost always male. Tailor and Thaylor are spellings in the same group.

Original English spelling and the most common in the group.

Other spellings of Taylor

SpellingPeople (2022)
Taylor7,464
Thaylor1,644
Tailor1,170

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Taylor · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Taylor · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: Tailor · en.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Taylor

What does the name Taylor mean?

Taylor means “English occupational surname, "tailor"”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Taylor in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 7,464 people with the first name Taylor, which ranks it number 2,080 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

Is Taylor a boy's or a girl's name?

Taylor is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 132 women and 7,332 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Taylor?

Taylor is a name of English origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Taylor most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.016% of the state's population is named Taylor (1,737 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Taylor?

Thaylor and Tailor. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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